GM: Pedro BarrenecheaSystem: modified 4c systemGenre: Cyberpunk/Anime / Horror (Get Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, Avatar, and Final Fantasy Advent Children now toss in Cathulu & Demon City Shinjuku if you know what I mean.. you will love this!)

Okinasha – 12/19/105pdc – 1:30amThough contacts of their own a select group of individuals, which in reality have no business being involved, are asked to look into a suspicious murder at the Temple of the High Moon Campus.

Tasha

Tasha, a young socialite, not quite noble, her father was a decorated military man, even awarding the title of High Knight of the Free Cites, a title commonly awarded to exclusively to those of noble birth. Her mother died early in her life, leaving Tasha with only impressions of her mother and fleeting memories of her face. She lived well, her father had secured her a acceptance to the prestigious High Cross military academy where she attended for two years, scoring top scores and she was well on her way to graduating top of her class. But that came to an end with the death of her father; he had died of a heart attack, in his sleep… Tasha was given a week leave; but she never came back to the academy…

Three months later….

Tasha received a mysterious phone call, the voice sounded familiar, maybe someone from her childhood? The voice promised that Tasha would find out what ‘really’ happened to her father… but he died in his sleep, she had seen the body, there were no marks or sign of a struggle, or any fresh injury. Tasha was told that she would find clearance awaiting her at the temple of the moon and that she would be investigating a murder.

She still had access to her father’s contacts, some weapons, and hell, she was even licensed to carry them. Her father made a lot of friends in the military, seems one of those friends are starting to look out for daddies little girl.

Sam

Sam was sitting at his computer council, he was just altering the legal genetic history of some guy of no consequence, but hay it was a job, the Creds were dropped in the right ddb (digital drop box) and the email was a clean scrub, no prints. Funny how even with genetic-manipulation technology some members of the Yakuza still believe in “proper breeding”. He was just finishing up when his screen went all buggy… he was getting hacked? "Ai-yah. Tyen-ah... Karma what’s getting into my system...stop it!" he screamed... that’s when some words appeared on the screen

> It’s Lee

Lee was always one of Sam’s contacts on the skynet, sometimes they would work together on a hack, sometimes they would be at odds, but that’s part of the scene. Seems Karma let him into the network and past the security protocols. Karma said he was Trustworthy… she was too young to understand there was no such thing.

Lee wanted Sam to look into a murder of an old friend, and provided Sam with MI2 clearance complete with false ID Samuel Godfree with Data Signature, Internet & Psi-Net presence, even complete with a blog, psi/pad, and even hard print records. And as if he needed more... his ID printer came to life, with a MI2 badge logo on it, and the creepiest thing, waiting in his snail-mail box outside... a seemingly used, worn badge.

As for Karma… she is an amazing creation. Created by misteak; she started as a simple AI, a logic risk/prediction program he had been playing around with. AI’s are not uncommon, but in reality they were simulated intelligence with no real intuition or emotion. But Karma developed the intuition and the creative capabilities of a 10 year old human… by the time Sam recognized what was going on Karma had written over one million muti-point matrix sub-programs and integrated them into her master programming. Karma was… unexpected... and a marvel to behold. And now she seems to be looking out for him, much like a younger sister.

Cid

Cid is a man of the Cloth as well as the Sword. To most men the duel paths of priest and active member of MI2 would seem irreconcilable, but not in Falmeria. A member of the Order of the Dark Rose, Cid has become an invaluable field agent with a reputation for discretion and ruthless efficiency. So much so that he was personally gifted with specially modified duel Siler Development S-12s for his service during the Jenius incident, were Cid personally uncovered a cult of infernalists and single handedly slew its leadership in a dramatic gun battle.

A few weeks later, Cid was about to go some well earned time off when he got a new assignment; seems a researcher was killed on campus. Normally such matters would be handled by the Temple’s security forces in conjunction with the local authorities. But this was a researcher taking part in an Alpha level experimental research project. Making it a top priority project with supposedly obnoxious level clearance required to even know it existed.

Cid was informed that he would be meeting with active and inactive MI2 agents in field; one was an active agent named Samuel Godfree who specialized in Data retrieval and Electronics Countermeasures and the other being an inactive field operator he had worked with before. But there was more, seems he would have to look out for someone, how this Tasha got clearance to be involved was beyond him, but he knew that higher powers had their own reasons.

Gaara

His early years were spent in the service of his family, part of the Yakuza; Gaara took part in his share of illegal activities using his inborn magical ability to advance his families interests. Gaara looked to become a respected member of the family, even being awarded an arranged marriage to a wickedly beautiful member of the powerful Toshenja clan. Gaara was quite content.

It all came crashing down; Gaara stumbled upon several members of his clan taking part in what could only have been an infernal ritual of some kind. The symbolism they were using was completely alien and drew his mind into a dizzying whirlpool of madness, their chanting became a sick gut twisting song bathing him in blood and gore... his body was not his own…as voices…. called to him. Instinctually he used his magical ability to draw upon the element of air creating devastating windstorms far beyond what he knew he was capable of. He had escaped with his life, finding himself blocks away, face down on the cold, wet, pavement a year later.

He could find no trace of his family, when he asked about them, most people would just look away, and others would just shake their head disapprovingly. Whispers of Falmerian Witch Hunters and Inquisitors quickly surfaced. Then as if things could not get any worse,he was picked up. It was months before Gaara was released, and even then, there were conditions.

Now an ex-field operator for MI2 he had left the agency on good terms, never really an active agent, Gaara was always more of a contractor, the pay was good and the connections it afforded were more than adequate, but hay his conditions could be been worse. Now activated once more, Gaara was being called to investigate the scene of a murder. But Gaara was a field operative, a combat specialist, not an investigator. Whoever activated him, and attached him to Cid of all people, expected trouble.

Uuum, Pete? Have you ever heard of grammer? Apparently not for that 1st post was severely in need of spell check. Hay is for horses hun....hey is how its actually spelled lol. Oh and update quick man...I want to see the story progress!!! (Man I'm excited as heeellll!!!!!!)

Io, a Remar, is the son of Ionus, a Military researcher and Gametta a Falmerion laison with the church.

As a child Io was quick to develop his magical talents. He was apprenticed to the human mage Holbert Roth, Vice Prefect of Metra research and friend of the family. Holbert was intrigued with the way Io could manipulate the metra at an almost base level with no training.

Since that time he's been involved in Metra research and after formally graduating from the University was given his own research lab. Io continues to advance Metra research and is currently blurring the line between Magic and Technology.

Knowledge is power, Power corrupts, Study hard be evil.Nobody's perfect... well, there was this one guy, but we killed him.